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Show OIAMBER OF DEPUTIES nAf.lES A COMMITTEE '-i. ; ' ( V: i - PARIS, July 12. Tha appointment today by the Senate of a committee on separation Is another step toward tha flpa.1 adoption of the bill dividing church and atate, already paaaed by tha Chamber ot Deptitlea Intereat in the queetton now cant era in the aetlfcn to be taken by tha Benate, and feara are xpreaeed that the long and fierce fight which characterised the d"bate in the lower bouae will be renewed. re-newed. ' ' ' ' Neither tha adherents nor the opponents of tba bill are entirely satisfied with it as It etanda Vartlaana of the concordat recognise that tha meaaure Impovertxhea tha church, and expreea the intention of endeavoring to obtain better terma reardlng the diapoaal ot church property. On tha oUier hand, advanced Republican Re-publican Benatora argue the measure aa being too liberal, eepeclally with reference to the formation of the dlatrlct bodlaa. which, according accord-ing to the bill, are henceforth to control re-lialon. re-lialon. Theea bodies, by the text of the .bill, muat conform to the taneta of Catholicism, and thua tha bill tacitly recognises the Catholio . church. .... V i . .. . - |